Regret to inform that at 1914hrs this evening just after tea my beloved PS3 quietly passed away. I was with it at the end holding its controller and I find some comfort in that. I think it knew I was there. There is another blinking red star in the sky tonight.
Anyway having googled it and read a whole lot of guff. Should I just bite the bullet and buy a new one?
Sleep well my friend

Oh Dear, Mate had an X Box 360, same issue, the red ring of doom. He left it, cried a bit and walked away slowly. Turned it on the next day and it worked fine! It did produce that ring of fire every few weeks, mainly when it overheated, it would then stall for a couple of days. It didn't live on forever, but it lasted another 6 or 7 months. There's always a chance there's life left in the old dog yet!
(However it's only 41 days until the Xmas sales start and remember some shops start them at 00.01 on the 25th December).

if it's anything like the YLOD then you can fix it, however mine only lasted about another 3 months then died again, the house gets a bit smelly with the corpse of a dead PS3 i ended buyinh a nice shiney new one.

if it's anything like the YLOD then you can fix it, however mine only lasted about another 3 months then died again, the house gets a bit smelly with the corpse of a dead PS3 i ended buyinh a nice shiney new one.

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Yep. It's the same sort of problem. I think I'll just go for the new shiny one.

I have a 320gb PS3 for sale with 2 controllers and remote control, hdmi lead, sadly no games. I used the games to get an Xbox 360 MW3
Any sensible offers over £125 (as game are offering this as trade in)